Piper PA-18-150
N109T is a Piper PA-18-150, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1952. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Holy Cross, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 12, 1975 and expires on July 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for utility, dated March 27, 1975.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- PA-18-150 · all PA-18-150s and related versions
- Serial number
- 18-2223
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-290 SERIES · 140 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1952
- Cruising speed
- 97 mph
- Transponder code
- A027CC (octal 50023714)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- February 12, 1975
- Expires
- July 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- August 18, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Utility · March 27, 1975
- FAA region
- Alaskan
- FAA record id
- 00940580
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Werba Bruce J
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- PO Box 102
Holy Cross, AK 99602-0102
Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.
Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
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The public federal record on N109T, read the way a buyer, lender or insurer reads it: FAA registration, prior tail numbers keyed on the serial number, reuse of the tail number, recent registry filings, and the NTSB accident record under this and every earlier registration.
Valid registration to Werba Bruce J, an individual, certificate issued February 12, 1975, expires July 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated March 27, 1975, 23 years after the 1952 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 18-2223 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N109T according to the deregistered file. [2]
No bills of sale, loans or releases have reached the registry in recent weeks. The index covers only recent filings; older liens are in the records file. [3]
2 NTSB records under N109T: Accident on September 13, 2023 at St. Mary'S, AK: fatal, substantial damage (1 fatal). Accident on September 26, 2017 at Holy Cross, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-18-150 · operated under 135
The pilot’s decision to operate the airplane above its maximum certificated gross weight, and his installation of an unapproved external load that degraded takeoff performance and flight characteristics resulting in a loss of airplane control during takeoff into an area of mechanical turbulence and downdrafts.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA18 · operated under 091
The pilot’s selection of unsuitable terrain for landing, which resulted in a nose-over.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data